Bordeaux-Pessac, France - Isolated atrial fibrillation (AF) can be a source of diastolic dysfunction, according to a prospective study of patients with both disorders whose arrhythmia was successfully ...

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Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2008;6(10):1287-1289. Another common cardiovascular condition associated with aging is atrial fibrillation (AF). This is the most commonly occuring sustained cardiac ...

Recently, while preparing an updated presentation to the Saint Louis University cardiology fellows on "diastolic dysfunction," the Skeptical Cardiologist came across a document entitled "What Does ...

Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of mortality in patients with DMD. Compared with their healthy counterparts, patients with DMD — including those with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction ...

Age, gender, and body size can affect the size of the left atrium, but several medical conditions can also be responsible. The left atrium is one of the four chambers of the heart. It’s located in the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Long-term survivors of pediatric differentiated thyroid cancer are more likely to have diastolic dysfunction, ...

End-diastolic volume is the amount of blood that is in the ventricles before the heart contracts. Doctors use end-diastolic volume to estimate the heart’s preload volume and to calculate stroke volume ...

What Is Rate Control for Atrial Fibrillation? Rate control is not a cure for AFib, but a way of keeping your heart rate in check. It’s done with medications that keep your heart from beating too ...